[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [signoff] udev 118-4

[Aaron Griffin]

On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Michal Soltys <soltys at ziu.info> wrote:
> Aaron Griffin wrote:
>  > On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 3:05 AM, Michal Soltys <soltys at ziu.info> wrote:
>  >>  ENV{MODALIAS}=="modaliases #1", OPTION="ignore_device"
>  >>  ENV{MODALIAS}=="modaliases #2", OPTION="ignore_device"
>  >
>  > This is way more complex than you think it is. Let me explain. A
>  > typical module exposes it's aliases WITH wildcartds included. Here's
>  > an example:
>  >
>  > $ modinfo nvidiafb
>  > alias:          pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc*i*
>  >
>  > If you want to write out modalias rules for this, you are welcome to.
>  > I will give you a hint, though: each of those asterisks above is a 4
>  > digit number. And that is just nvidia. Don't forget intel, ati,
>  > unichrome, and all the other framebuffer modules out there.
>
>  But you can use that alias as-is in udev rules, as wildcards are supported.

Wow, I actually didn't know that is allowed wildcard matching on the
MODALIAS rules. Woohoo!